Knowledge, beliefs and attitudes of health care providers towards the mentally ill in Delta state, Nigeria

Studies on Ethno-Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-25

  Ewhrudjakpor, C ^a  

^a DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Beliefs; Care providers; Medical knowledge; Mental illness

Indexed keywords

EID: 70049114831     PISSN: 09735070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09735070.2009.11886332     Document Type: Article

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